IAS 2193 ICT Driven Revolution in Society

1. IAS 2193ICT Driven Revolution in Society Part 4: ICT Revolution & Education Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, UNISEL

2. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education E-Learning • E-learningis: • Onlinetraining that is delivered in a synchronous (real-time; instructor-led) or asynchronous (self-paced) format. • Onlinedelivery of information for purpose of education, training or knowledge management

3. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education E-Learning • E-learning's roots are based in: • Traditional Instructor-Led Training (ILT) and • Computer Based Training (CBT).

4. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education E-Learning • E-learning is: • Web-enabled system that makes knowledge accessible to those who need it, when they need it, anytime, anywhere. • Could be useful bothas: • An environment for facilitatinglearning at schoolsand • As an environment for efficient and effectivecorporatetraining.

5. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education E-Learning vs. Conventional Learning • When comparing learning an identicalcourse in a traditionalframework to a computermediatedlearning framework, students have expressed higher satisfaction from the computer mediatedlearning, • And rated the learning as moreeffective than in the traditional framework.

6. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education E-Learning vs. Conventional Learning • E-learning includes manycomponents that are familiar from traditional learning, such as: • Presentationof ideas by the students, • Group discussions, arguments and • Many other forms of conveying information and accumulatingknowledge. • The contents of the course’s curriculum might be organized according to subjects and in a serial manner.

7. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education E-Learning vs. Conventional Learning • The very use of technology for learning has been found to have: • A positiveeffect on the student’scommitment to the learning process. • Also, use of technology creates a greatercommitment on the students’ part to learning.

8. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education E-Learning vs. Conventional Learning

9. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education E-Learning vs. Conventional Learning

10. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education E-Learning vs. Conventional Learning

11. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education E-Learning vs. Conventional Learning

12. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education E-Learning Drivers • Technologicalchange. • Competition and cost pressures. • Globalization. • Continual learning. • Network connectivity.

13. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education Benefits of E-Learning • Time reduction. • Large volume and diversity. • Costreduction. • Higher content retention. • Flexibility. • Updated and consistent material. • Fear-free environment.

14. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education The Drawbacks & Challenges • Need for instructor retraining. • Equipment needs and support services. • Lack of face-to-face interaction and campus life. • Assessment. • Maintenance and updating. • Protection of intellectual property. • Computer literacy. • Student retention.

15. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education The Revolution in E-Learning • First modern distance course • Has been around at least since Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in Great Britain via correspondence in the 1840s. • Pitman was a qualifiedteacher and taught at a private school he founded in Wotton-under-Edge. • He decided to start a distance course. • Sending assignments to his students by mail and they completed the 'homework' and sent it back to him.

16. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education The Revolution in E-Learning • Mechanic testing machine • In the early 1920sSidneyPressey, an educational psychology professor at Ohio State University, developed a machine to provide drill and practice items to students in his introductory courses. • The teachingmachine that Pressey developed resembled a typewriter with a window that showed a question with 4 answers.

17. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education The Revolution in E-Learning

18. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education The Revolution in E-Learning • The user pressed the key that corresponded with the correctanswer. • When the user pressed a key, the machine recorded the answer on a counter to the back of the machine and revealed the next question. • After the user was finished, the person scoring the test slipped the test sheet back into the device and noted the score on the counter.

19. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education The Revolution in E-Learning • Instructional media and World War II • Although movies were popular for a while, within educational situations these media was not very popular yet. • World War II created an enormousinstructionalproblem - thousands of newrecruits had to be trained rapidly, and the sophistication of newweapons demanded an exceptionallevel of mastery. • Rapidly the newmediatechnology became dominant and widely used. • The war was the 'business driver'.

20. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education The Revolution in E-Learning • Fruitful computer aided learning • The introduction of the first personalcomputer(Altair 880 in 1975) was quickly followed by the Apple II and the IBMPC. • With the Apple and the IBM the computer was reliable enough and was used for many purposes. • The usability was improving and the computer was not only meant for nerds anymore.

21. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education The Revolution in E-Learning Altair 880 computer Apple II computer

22. IAS2193 - Part 4: Revolution & Education The Revolution in E-Learning • Computers were used to make the current, existing tasks easiertoperform. • They were helpful to some teachers and a nice addition to their teaching tools. • A lot of teachers with sometechnicalskills start programming their own courseware (educational programs).